Husky, 159: thanks a lot for the reasearch. I was only joking about greek thing. such a thought is generic enough in all heathen soceities and I suppose can be had from all of them. BTW, bhartR^ihari is considered 1st c BCE, a contemporary of kAlidAsa. In any case he is much before 7th c. of CE, since a chinese traveller of this age describes reminiscence of bhartR^ihari in India as someone from long past.
And this is the exact line of tulasIdAsa:
kAla daNDa gahi kAhu na mArA,
hara-i dharma-bala-buddhi-bichArA
nikaTa kAla jehi Avata sA-I.M
tehi bhrama ho-i tumhArihi nA-I.M
RCM 6.36.8
"kAla never strikes its victim with a daNDa in order to destroy him
He just deprives victim's mind of the power of thought and dharma
And when kAla is near at hand, My Lord
Victim's mind is tendered utterly confused, like yours is now
I was wrong, it is not from kiShkindhA but actually from laMkA kANDa, and addressed my mandodarI to rAvaNa
And this is the exact line of tulasIdAsa:
kAla daNDa gahi kAhu na mArA,
hara-i dharma-bala-buddhi-bichArA
nikaTa kAla jehi Avata sA-I.M
tehi bhrama ho-i tumhArihi nA-I.M
RCM 6.36.8
"kAla never strikes its victim with a daNDa in order to destroy him
He just deprives victim's mind of the power of thought and dharma
And when kAla is near at hand, My Lord
Victim's mind is tendered utterly confused, like yours is now
I was wrong, it is not from kiShkindhA but actually from laMkA kANDa, and addressed my mandodarI to rAvaNa